Adam Serwer, MSNBC
“As general counsel for the Pentagon, Jeh Johnson was involved in internal Obama administration disputes over the legal limits of the fight against terrorist groups. In public, Johnson forcefully defended the use of targeted killing in the battle against al Qaeda, but he also contemplated what the end of that war would look like. He oversaw the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, urged Congress not to pass a new authorization to use military force against al Qaeda, and supervised the Gitmo military commissions.”
